For the present, Celie thinks that God has betrayed her and ignored her God seems to be only another callous, uncaring man. But if faith is figuratively like flat land, and Celie's doubts and blasphemy are like debris that covers that flat land, remember that debris does not destroy the land. Significantly, Celie relates all this pain to the way that men have treated her. Trifling, forgitful and lowdown." Celie was strong when the situation called for strength now that the crisis is past, she lets down and allows herself to feel the awful pain of injustice once again.įor the first time in the novel, Celie resents all of the unnecessary pain she has endured for decades. It is little wonder that Celie wonders if God isn't, after all, "just like all the other mens I know. She tries to reconcile all that physical abuse with her unflagging love and belief in God. Celie has sufficient psychological distance now that she can look back on her childhood and on the numerous times that she was raped and beaten. Long before Job, people who were victims of injustice cried out to their gods and, when they got no answer, they did what Celie does here - that is, she seemingly renounces God. Why? she asked God in the first letter she wrote to him, and now, she asks why again. Having thrown off Fonso and Albert's vicious domination, Celie's newfound strength begins to crumble.
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